The burden of time
Subtitle: photographs from the Highlands of Chiapas = El cargo del tiempo : fotografias de los Altos de Chiapas
By: Marcey Jacobson ; edited by Carol Karasik ; translated into Spanish by Francisco Alvarez Quiñones
Contributors: Karasik, Carol; Alvarez Q., Francisco
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
Subjects: Chiapas Highlands (Mexico) -- Pictorial works; Chiapas Highlands (Mexico) -- Description and travel; Chiapas Highlands (Mexico) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
Genres: Pictorial works
Other titles: Cargo del tiempo
Description: "This book reproduces 75 photographs by Marcey Jacobson of the indigenous Maya and non-indigenous Ladino peoples of San Cristobal de las Casas in the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico. Largely taken during the 1960s and 1970s, these photographs depict the daily life and celebrations of the local population - selling goods in street markets, participating in religious rituals, begging in town squares, and a myriad of other activities.

They offer a sensitive, respectful, and honest portrait of a region increasingly under pressure from the disruptive forces of modernization and political change." "Jacobson's photographs tack back and forth through people's lives to explore the encumbrances and joys of the passage of time. The entire text of the book, including photo captions, appears in both English and Spanish."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: English and Spanish